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Oleandergaze

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››››// <sub>Oleandergaze weakly touched his nose to Dewstep's as she returned to his side. "I did not tell your father," he said quietly. "I did not know if you wanted him to know about it." He tilted his head, begging her to look him in the eyes. "Tawnysky has been through many things lately. I do not believe that telling her of your pregnancy was wise at this moment." Pain struck him when he said that, knowing that it hurt Dewstep more.

"Do you want to go to the nursery now, to get acquainted with the queens like Midnightlove?" he asked softly. He didn't know what to do in order to make Dewstep feel better.</sub>

» Comatose
» I’ll never wake up without an overdose of you

[Spice..xx]

Dewstep nodded her thanks as Oleandergaze spoke of not telling her father. She would tell him yes, but later. He had a right to know he was going to be a grandfather. She looked over to Cormorantfeather as she thought, before her head snapped round to face her mate as he spoke. Dewstep looked at him, childish hurt and pain seering through her. "You think you know my sister better than me? Well, you dont!" she said, realising how childish she sounded. Turning away, she spoke once more. "I will go myself. You should rest that leg" she said coldly, before stalking haughtily over to the nursery. All the queens seemed to be out at the moment, most probably listening to the meeting so she quietly made herself a comfy bed of moss near the back of the den. Curling up in it she touched her tail to her nose, trying to stop the salty tears form leeking out from her eyes. Why did nobody understand?

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[(aurora) of the problematique]

Oleandergaze

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››››// _{Oleandergaze froze as Dewstep snapped at him. The tom nodded slowly. "Sure...," he said quietly. The tom lifted himself up and limped into the medicine den, not looking anyone else in the eye as he made his way to the back of the den and laid down on a bed of deep moss. He sank down to the bottom, his leg resting on the rim so the straw and moss wouldn't irritate it further. He figured that he might as well do something that would get him out of the way.}

» Comatose
» I’ll never wake up without an overdose of you

[kee :]]

ooc// Shoalpaw was supposed to get his name a long time ago... o.o I thought you guys killed him off.

Cormorantfeather watched warily as Dewstep and Oleandergaze entered camp. His daughter didn't seem to be badly injured but Oleandergaze's leg looked horrible. He frowned slightly but turned his attention to Stormstar for a moment while Dewstep went to Tawnysky. Whatever she was happy about, Tawnysky was bound to know second. Oleandergaze first. And of course, him last. He would always be on the end of the stick and he knew that. He wasn't actually sure if he deserved that but he would deal with it. He watched with a questionable stare as Dewstep stalked off and Oleandergaze limped away to the Medicine Cat den. Ah, young love. He smiled crookedly and decided to give Oleandergaze a little visit. He sat up, giving Lastfalling a nod, seeing as though Astralhaze had shown up, and padded into the Medicine Cat den. "Is everything alright?" he asked, looking at Oleandergaze with a small worried smile.

As Astralhaze appeared at his side, Lastfalling fought every urge in his body to lean over and press his fur against her own. His worry and stress for his own Clan made him very anxious and knowing that he had to hold back, just added. He could tell Astralhaze was worried and a small frown appeared on his face. "Hopefully you didn't loose many CloudClanners," he mewed quietly and added, "Hopefully we didn't loose many BrightClanners either." He sighed, looking back at Stormstar as he made apprentices into warriors. Smiling slightly, he nodded. "Yes, it will be nice to get home..." Lastfalling's voice trailed off. He didn't know what to say in this time of devastation.

[(aurora) of the problematique]

<sub>ooc;// Lmao, I was about to say the same thing
bic;// Oleandergaze looked up when his father-in-law entered the medicine den. The shaggy brown tom lowered his eyes and sank deeper into his bed, sighing heavily. "She yelled at me," he said quietly. "According to her, I do not know her sister. Dewstep's pregnant, and she told Tawnysky...who did not respond with the enthusiasm she had expected. I told her that maybe telling her sister right now was not the best...and she yelled at me." His distant brown eyes stared at his bed of moss, avoiding Cormorantfeather's gaze.

Astralhaze smiled at Lastfalling. "I'm sure your Clan is fine," she said, pausing in talking to her love to cheer the names of her new fellow warriors. She turned her beautifully mysterious eyes to Lastfalling once more. "I'll miss you..." Her whisper was like the wind.</sub>

[kee :]]

Cormorantfeather sat down in front of Oleandergaze's moss bed, staring at his leg and then as the younger warrior spoke, he looked at his distant yet sad face. Then he began to talk. He talked so fast and with so many words, that Cormorantfeather almost missed a very important part. Dewstep's pregnant... He blinked in surprise, almost missing the rest of his son-in-law's answer. He regained control of his surprised look at nodded slowly. "Dewstep and Tawnysky are very close and very protective over each other since both their parents left. To them, I'm not really their father. I had to get the news from you that my own daughter in pregnant," he said, frowning slightly but then he added with a slight smile, "Hopefully, the father is you." He paused for a second and looked down at the moss bed. "But yes. I'm starting to think that Dewstep doesn't know Tawnysky as much as she used to. Even I can notice that Tawnysky is a bit jealous about Dewstep having a mate and now with the pregnancy? It just adds more to be jealous of..." He sighed, looking up at Oleandergaze for a moment.

Lastfalling looked over at Astralhaze and stared at her mysterious hazel eyes for a long second. He wanted to leave CloudClan. He wanted to go home but he wanted to take Astralhaze with him. He didn't want to leave her, ever. Sighing softly, he nodded. "I will miss you more than you will miss me," he whispered playfully, trying to lighten up the farewell.

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<sub>Oleandergaze sighed softly. "I told her that I wanted her to tell you," he said. The fluffy tom buried his head in his fur, resting his eyes for a moment. "I am trying to do something about the relationship about you and her...but I guess I am trying too hard, and it is not working out at all." He looked up at Cormorantfeather, laughing weakly. "I would hope so." His tail flopped around limply as his father-in-law spoke about Tawnysky. "She should get a friend...at least someone she can tolerate. I bet Grasskit could help her out." He laughed out loud.

Astralhaze's laugh was like a set of windchimes blowing in a summer breeze. "I will miss you as forcefully as Silverpelt shines in the sky," she said. The silver she-cat touched her tail to his. "Should I walk you home...in case something happens?"</sub>

[the CORB.inator]

[out of cookies] Blackrose is back in action! [back in cognito]

The cloudy dreams drifted away and golden eyes cracked open. Blackrose stretched and licked her raven coloured pelt. She listened to the chatter of cats coming from outside. She had stayed in Cloudclan to help the cats who had been injured in the battle with the tribe. Blackrose was so exhausted that she had to go to sleep. Unknowingly she had been in a deep sleep for almost a day! Blackrose slumped out of the warrior den and shook her coat. Walking over to Comorantfeather she meowed, "Sorry for interupting," She nodded towards Oldeandergaze,"But, what's going on?"

[kee :]]

Cormorantfeather smiled when Oleandergaze said that he was trying to help with the relationship that he had with his daughter but it wasn't exactly working out. He didn't think this was Oleandergaze's fault. Nor was it Dewsteps. It all came down to him. He was the one who left in the first place. "Thank you for trying, Oleandergaze. It means a lot to me that someone would actually try," he mewed gratefully. He couldn't help but chuckle at the Grasskit bit. The young tomkit was definitely a ladies man. He grinned. "Ah yes. Grasskit would be a perfect little match for Tawnysky." He blinked as Blackrose, suddenly, entered the Medicine Cat den and asked what was happening. He hadn't seen her much since he had come back but he had heard of her mate dying. He felt sorry for her, for he knew what it was like. "CloudClan just returned from battle and Stormstar is making some apprentices into warriors," he meowed and added, "And kits into apprentices, as well."

Lastfalling grinned and sighed softly. "Well I can't beat that, so I'll second it," he meowed and chuckled softly. At least the mood was a little lighter, and Astralhaze seemed much less worried about CloudClan. He didn't like it when Astralhaze worried. It made him worry. "Of course!" he said, a bit too enthusiastically and added, "In case something happens..."

[x.Jolly.x]

^{ooc;; Shard, can Mooncloud's name be changed because of her injury? Here's her injury. One paw is horribly twisted due to an injury when she was younger.}

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<sub>Oleandergaze smiled at Cormorantfeather. "I'm glad...we met," he said quietly. He rested his head on his bed, eyes twinkling. "Where's Grasskit when you need him? I think he'll be an apprentice today." He sighed, thinking of his future kits and seeing them grow up someday. Dewstep would have then within the next moon. He was brought out of his thoughts by Blackrose, mewing a weak greeting to her. "Basically a recovery day," he said softly to her.

Astralhaze laughed out loud. "Well, we'll wait until the ceremony is over. I think our paparazzi friends Grasskit and Spottedkit will become apprentices," the queen said softly. She turned to the white and black deputy and smiled gently.</sub>

[SHADE. :D]

Tansykit sensed a storm of emotion flit past them. The ginger and white kitten slipped from beneath her mother's protective paws, shaking herself. The blind kit opened her mouth. The scent of Dewstep hit her glands, with it pain and distress and uncertainty. The little she-cat padded cautiously into the nursery, knowing the way from memory. Inside the grass was cooler than the heated earth outside in the camp. Tansykit tasted her way towards where the warrior had gone, her stumpy tail held high and her whiskers brushing one wall. Eventually she stopped, her paws brushing the moss with which Dewstep had constructed a nest. "Comfy, isn't it?" she mewed softly. Tansykit lifted a small paw and placed it on Dewstep's side. She could feel the young warrior's sides shaking as she tried not to cry. "This is about Tawnysky... No?" The kit sat before Dewstep, ears pricked and blind eyes down, ready to listen.

[Spice..xx]

Dewstep blinked open her eyes as she heard the soft footsteps enter the nursery. She turned her head and smiled gently when she saw Tansykit. Though she didnt know the kitten well she felt as though she was close to her, and not because of her disability. She listened to the little kit talk and felt a ripple of uncertainty pass through her at the mention of her sister. "No.....well yes. I told her i was pregnant and she wasnt exactly overjoyed. I just thought she would be even happy for me if she cant be happy herself" she said, sniffing as a tear trickled down her cheek. "And i just shouted at Oleandergaze and he didnt deserve it. I really am horrible" she said, laying her head on her paws as more tears trickled down her cheeks. At times like this she was glad that Tanskykit couldnt see her.

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[FIREH!!]

_{ooc;; He was, but I brought him back. Do you want him, Kee? (Shoalpaw)}

[SHADE. :D]

Tansykit turned her head to one side slightly. She swallowed, her eyes still down but her nose pointing towards Dewstep. "Tawnysky feels jealous because you have everything she wants; somebody to love her, and an impending family. Oleandergaze just want's to help but he and Tawnysky don't seem to get on very well, so you feel as though he is interfering. And you are happy, because you're starting a family with the cat you love. Because of this you feel guilty, as it is making Tawnysky miserable and confusing Oleandergaze." The kit took a deep breath, tiny sides heaving. "You are not horrible, Dewstep. You are no more guilty of anything than anybody else," she mewed. "You should apologize to Oleandergaze. Tawnysky just needs time. Avoid mentioning Oleandergaze or your kits to her, as it will just make thing's worse." Tansykit blinked her blind eyes, ears flicking. "Don't worry."

[Wolf]

After returning to camp late and receiving his warrior name, Hailthunder congratulated Indigohawk and Stripedfeather, before giving a little skip of triumph. "We're warriors now, yeah!" He meowed. He then noticed Midnightsky and Indigohawk's wounds for the first time. Oh no! I hope they'll be ok! Then again, they're related to me, so they'll be fine. He smiled slightly. reassured.

[blair]

snowkit[/font]

The calico kit squirmed out of Ribbontail's gentle embrace, still not fully understanding anything and sighing for a moment as Tansykit toddled of toward the nursery. She forgot, or momentarily decided not to tell her, why Ribbontail was so sad. Her pale amber eyes tried to see who her foster sister was talking to, but she couldn't so she sighed and with a frown peered up to her foster mother instead.

What should she say? She sighed, a frown still pulling downward on her lips. "Tansykit... is so smart" she had no other way to put her emotions, she so just said it that way, how her kit seemed to know everything, perhaps even knowing more about herself than she knew about herself! This scared the nearly six moon she kit, so she shivered, calico fur puffed up to surround her petite body.

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[Wolf]

Brokenskull, who had arrived in camp with Haloheart, now sat amidst the other cats, looking around with a confused expression on his face. Then he got up, slightly clumsily, but purposefully. He lolloped around the camp looking for Haloheart. "Haloheart? Where....? Where are you....Haloheart?" He meowed.

[SHADE. :D]

Ribbontail took a deep breath as Tansykit and Snowkit both wriggled out of her embrace. She knew she couldn't hide the news any longer. She pushed Snowkit gently back towards Dapplekit and Frostkit. She could tell by Tansykit's demeanour that the blind kitten already knew of Sunjinx's fate; whether she had been told or simply sensed it in some mysteriouus way, Ribbontail didn't know. The slender silver bengal sat the three kits in front of her, and looked at their faces, all of them white-furred and bright-eyed. "In the battle," she mewed gently, stroking Frostkit between the ears with her silky silver tail tip. "Nana was very brave. StarClan decided it was time for Nana to join their ranks." She waited for her kits' reactions, her chest tight with pent-up grief.

Haloheart turned her head as she heard a slow, disconcerted voice amongst the crowds. The small ginger tabby usually found it hard to see in the large crowd, but Brokenskull's huge frame was easy to locate. Haloheart slipped away from her parents and siblings, her striped ginger tail held high behind her. She pressed up against Brokenskull to let the bumbling tom know she was there. "Hey," she mewed gently to her friend. "It's okay, I'm right here."

[Wolf]

Brokenskull looked down at Haloheart. "Oh! There....you are. I thought...you didn't want.... to hang out with me....anymore." he explained slowly, brow furrowed in concentration while saying the words. "But...it's ok because...you are here....now." He finished.

[FIREH!!]

_{Terror froze Frostkit's limbs. Only to be overcome by grief. She threw herself at Ribbontail's chest, huddling there. Mamma... No... Not Nana.... She whimpered. Eyes as round as the moon and glistening, she looked up. Not Nana... She whimpered. Then she pressed her head into her mother's chest. Nana.... She whimpered again.}

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As she was pressed together with her other foster siblings, Dapplekit and Frostkit, she tensed, expecting bad news from her sad mother, her calico pelt on end, her kit downy fur still there (she has not yet left kithood completely), puffing out to surround her in a cocoon of white-and-browns. Her pale amber eyes stared blankly at Ribbontail, looking over her should for a moment as she tried to find the current location of Tansykit. Slowly she heard the news, and unlike Frostkit, it took her a moment or two to process this, a frown gradually claiming her face and physique, white ears pressing against her skull and eyes closing, a shudder running through her as she followed Frostkit's example of running to her foster mother.

She did this slowly though, paws seeming too slow and saddened to walk without tripping, and with her eyes shut, it seemed gradual but eventually she tripped into Ribbontail, appreciating her warmth and realizing what Tansykit had sensed... or known. She still wished she knew how Tansykit was so smart. "Nana..." she processed this a Sunjinx, the weathered warrioress who had picked her up at the waterfall place when she was abandoned, making her even more sad. If it wasn't for her, she would have never had this life. She would be... dead. "But... she found me!" she exclaimed, as if StarClan should keep her here longer because of this.

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[[xoxo] shard. :)]

Stormstar

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Wondering where this life ^{will lead}
Answering many desperate _{a plea}
In any weather or terrain
I'll strive and fight to ease all pain
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After the chanting had commenced and fell, he went on with the apprenticing ceremonies. "Tansykit, Dapplekit, Spottedkit, Grasskit, Frostkit, Brokenskull, Ancientmagic, Heavenwing, and Whisperwind, please come forward.

"Spottedkit, from now on, until you earn your warrior name, you will be known as Spottedpaw. Heavenwing, you are ready for an appprentice. You will mentor Spottedpaw. I expect you to pass down all of your skills to her so she may become an honorable warrior of CloudClan.

"Dapplekit, from now on, until you earn your warrior name, you will be known as Dapplepaw. Ancientmagic, you are ready for an apprentice, so you will mentor Dapplepaw. I expect you to pass down all of you skills to her so she may become an honorable warrior of CloudClan.

"Frostkit, from now on, until you earn your warrior name, you will be known as Frostpaw. Whisperwind, you are ready for an apprentice. You will be the mentor of Frostpaw, and I expect you to pass down all of your skills so she may become an honorable warrior of CloudClan.

"Tansykit, from now on, until you earn your warrior name, you will be known as Tansypaw. Brokenskull, you are ready for an apprentice. You have experienced disability before, and I believe you are capable of and expect you to pass down all of your skills to Tansypaw so she may become an honorable warrior of CloudClan.

"Grasskit, from now on, until you earn your warrior name, you will be known as Grasspaw. I have not had an apprentice myself in quite a long time. I shall mentor Grasspaw. I promise that I will pass down all of my skills to this young apprentice so that he may become an honorable warrior of CloudClan." Stormstar descended and touched noses with his new apprentice, as did the others. After a smile and a curt nod, the leader leapt back upon the Bird's Wing, ready to address his Clan once more.[/size][/blockquote]

[Wolf]

Brokenskull looked faintly suprised, then he swished his tail happily. He padded over to Tansypaw and gentle touched his nose to hers. "I'm going to....be the best mentor ever!" He meowed joyfully.

[SHADE. :D]

ribbontail.

Ribbontail's sapphire eyes clouded with grief as Frostkit flung herself at her chest. She licked the snow-coloured kit between the ears. "Oh, love," she murmured, holding her daughter close. She felt Snowkit follow suite, and slipped her paw around the calico kitten. "Sssh, ssh. It's alright. She'll be happy with StarClan, they'll take care of her. And every night, we can look up at the sky and see her. She'll be watching us. She'll never leave us." The silver bengal she-cat pressed her face against her two kit's. Her eyes welled up but she pushed back the tears so they trickled down her throat. She had to be strong, for her kits. Ribbontail's eyes widened as mentors were given to her kits. She felt like sobbing. She half didn't want them to leave her paws. It seemed like only yeresterday that she had given birth to them. "Tansypaw! Dapplepaw! Frostpaw!"

tansypaw.

Tansykit pricked up her ears. She heard her sisters' wails as they discovered that Sunjinx was dead. The familiar, uncomfortable ripple of misery ran through the young she-cat, but she shook it away. The blind she-cat then heard Stormstar's voice, deep and commanding, assigning mentors to Dapplekit and Frostkit. Tansykit looked down, trying to swallow a lump that had formed in her throat. She frowned as her own name was called. Her? An apprentice? A warrior apprentice. It wasn't possible. She was blind, for StarClan's sake. How could she ever be a warrior like her sisters? Tansykit padded slowly from the nursery. She tasted the air, locating Brokenskull. Tansypaw. That it my name now. The ginger and white she-cat touched noses clumsily with the big brown tabby. Uncertainty prickled at her pelt. She felt inadecuate. Stormstar must know that she could not be a warrior. Musn't he?

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[(aurora) of the problematique]

Grasspaw
And I know that its hard to fall
On your own
so I'm here
so you dont have to fall alone

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_{Grasskit froze, staring at all the cats crying around him. The tom swallowed and ran up to Ribbontail, puffing out his spiky chest and turning his bright eyes up to her. "Sissy Ribbontail?" he squeaked, leaping up and putting a small paw on the pretty queen's silver muzzle. "I'm gonna be there for you...'cause you're my sissy...my wittle sister, okay? I'm gonna make sure you don't cry anymore." He smiled widely and pushed his nose to Dapplekit, Frostkit and Tansykit. "No more tears, yeah!? Grasskit's gonna make ya smile." He grinned as he ran up to Stormstar and unconventionally bumped heads with his leader. "I'm ready to be an apprentice!" Grasspaw beamed and wriggled his tail, circling Stormstar excitedly. "Me and Spottedkit're gonna rock ya world!"}

[FIREH!!]

<sub>A blubbler exploded into a wail, and silenced as Frostkit earned her name. She stared up at her mother. Mommy... I'm an apprentice now.. Frostpaw mewed. She got up and padded solemnly to Whisperwind and touched noses. Then she padded back to her mother and huddled against her, shock and grief in her eyes. When Grasskit prodded her and told her no more tears, she glanced at him. But Nana's dead.. But she couldn't help letting out a teary smile. She cuffed a paw over his ears, before grabbing him in a cat hug. You always know how to cheer someone up. She mewed quietly, still hugging him.

A soft wind dispersed the trees, allowing a starry tom to appear. He landed beside Tansypaw and wrapped a wing around her. Of course she couldn't feel him, but he made his presence known to her. I'm keeping my promise. I'll help you become a warrior. HE licked her ear and smiled down at her.</sub>

[&&R.A.V.E.N :3]

ancientmagic

[/b] He whispered in her ear before raising his head and looking around the camp. He touched Dapplepaw's shoulder before turning to walk back to where he was sitting. [/color][/size]

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[Spice..xx]

Dewstep listened to Tansykit in front of her, her eyes wide. The kitten was so knowledgable, more intelligent than most of the warriors in CloudClan istelf. And everything she said was true, it made sense. "You have a special talent Tanskykit" she said, standing up from her nest. "You understand everyone and what they feel. You know what to say and you know how to help. Thats something you should be very proud of". As she said this she heard Tanskykits name being called along with the others for the apprenticeship ceremony. "Congratulations Tansypaw! You'll do great!" she said, licking the newly named apprentice gently between the ears. She joined Tansykit outside before splitting away to the medicine cat den with a quick goodbye to the young female. She peeped her head inside, eyes round with nerves. She felt terribly guilty. "Oleandergaze?" she said quietly as she approached her mate and father. She looked anxiously at the big tom in front of her, worried he wouldnt want to speak to her.

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[kee :]]

Comorantfeather nodded and smiled slightly. "I'm glad I met you too Oleandergaze," he mewed quietly. He really was glad that he met Oleandergaze. Without him, he wouldn't have been as close to Dewstep as he was now, and he really wasn't that close at all. She would be off with Tawnysky, hating him. Without Oleandergaze, he wouldn't be able to see that bright smile on Dewstep's face whenever they looked at each other. Cormorantfeather smiled again as Dewstep came in and left them alone to talk. He didn't want to be in the way anymore.

Lastfalling nodded and watched as Stormstar made the young kits into apprentices. He especially watched Grasspaw and Spottedpaw. They had seen something earlier that day that they shouldn't of seen. Seeing them made Lastfalling remember when he got Hollowstripe as an apprentice. He sighed and smiled at Astralhaze.

Spottedkit frowned as Grasskit ignored her and crawled is way over to sissy Ribbontail. She was getting used to him not being just hers anymore. He had more girls to protect than just her, right? She shrugged if off as she was announced first, then all her 'sisters' and then Grasskit. Best saved for last. She smiled at her brother for a quick second as he was given Stormstar before touching noses with Heavenwing and making her way back to the crowd. She wasn't exactly happy but she wasn't sad. She didn't know what to think.